Nationals vs Braves, Game 1

[OldChelsea]

There's no way the Braves go with Minor tomorrow.

According to the ESPN.com schedule they;re going with Beachy today and Hanson tomorrow; Minor's been bumped to the finale of their series at Miami  this coming Thursday.

[OldChelsea]

It's first time I heard about it (which doesn't mean much  ).   It was an interesting thing for Wood to mention.   He talked about the player reps having to check with their teams and getting with  management to determine a time that was "good" for everyone.    He said Sunday and Monday were probably ruled out because they're part of the "get away" portion of the series.

Assuming the August consensus proves right, I think we're looking at a twi-nighter on the 20th, 21st or 22nd (Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday respectively). The Nats have three open dates in August - Thursday 16th. Thursday 23rd and Friday 27th - however, the Braves are playing all three of these days (in fact they're on the West Coast on the latter two dates).

I'm a bit surprised they weren't looking at re-scheduling to the other Braves visit, a weekend series in July (20th-21st-22nd), if only from the standpoint of easier scheduling, except that one drawback there would be that it'll probably be hot as Abu Dhabi outside that Saturday, and people may not want to attend a twin-bill under such conditions.

[Squab]

I love this lineup!
Lombardozzi, lf; Harper, cf; Zimmerman, 3b; LaRoche, 1b; Morse, rf; Desmond, ss; Espinosa, 2b; Flores, c; Strasburg, p

[Dixon Ward]

I love this lineup!
Lombardozzi, lf; Harper, cf; Zimmerman, 3b; LaRoche, 1b; Morse, rf; Desmond, ss; Espinosa, 2b; Flores, c; Strasburg, p

confirmed? if so,

[PANatsFan]

I love this lineup!
Lombardozzi, lf; Harper, cf; Zimmerman, 3b; LaRoche, 1b; Morse, rf; Desmond, ss; Espinosa, 2b; Flores, c; Strasburg, p

Hitterish!

[Fan037]

I like that line-up as well.  There's no room for Werth but we'll worry about that when the time comes.

[OldChelsea]

Feels almost like it's been a month since I was at the ballpark...1hr40min to first pitch, time to head on out...if you're taking Metro don't forget to budget more time because of the track-work!

[PANatsFan]

Feels almost like it's been a month since I was at the ballpark...1hr40min to first pitch, time to head on out...if you're taking Metro don't forget to budget more time because of the track-work!

Deciding between parking on the street some distance away, Circulator from Eastern Market, or paying for Yards Park. Pros and cons to each.

[CALSGR8]

If buses replace trains btwn east falls and west falls church;  wouldnt you think that trains would come more often to VIenna?  Its only 2 stops! 

[PANatsFan]

Attention Fans: Standing Room Only tickets are available for today's game now for $20, while supplies last. Also, Single-Game Suite tickets starting at $95. These are the only tickets left for today's game.

Damn, we'd better leave soon.

[PowerBoater69]

Lombo 7,
Harper 8,
Zimmm 5,
LaRoche 3,
Morse 9,
Desmond 6,
Espi 4,
Flores 2,
Stras 1

[RL04]

Sort of a pity they ruled out this coming Monday though, since that's an open date for both teams.

Schedule-wise I guess Monday would have worked since the Braves have a Tuesday night game in Miami. ... Plenty of time to travel.

But it would have sucked for me since I have people in three different plasces that I would somehow have to round-up in the car.
That's why I took yesterday off.

A double-header today or tomorrow would have been much better.
And, since there are probably too many tickets sold to do a regular double-header, they could have done that split thing, with two completely different gates.
They did that once about two years ago.
I assume it worked out ok.

[PowerBoater69]

CF Michael Bourn
3B Martin Prado
C Brian McCann
2B Dan Uggla
1B Freddie Freeman
RF Jason Heyward
SS Andrelton Simmons
RHP Brandon Beachy
LF Jose Constanza

[RL04]

I like that line-up as well.  There's no room for Werth.

That's one of the best things about that line-up.   

[RL04]

Assuming the August consensus proves right, I think we're looking at a twi-nighter on the 20th, 21st or 22nd (Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday respectively).

I'm a bit surprised they weren't looking at re-scheduling to the other Braves visit, a weekend series in July except that one drawback there would be that it'll probably be hot as Abu Dhabi outside that Saturday.

Uhh ... it's just as hot in August as it is in July.

[TylerDC]

So we're posting in here for today?

[mitlen]

So we're posting in here for today?

Good eye TylerDC:

Point of order.    Is this now the official GDT for Game One of the series that is going to be played?

[hammondsnats]

go nats

[RL04]

So we're posting in here for today?

There is a Game 2 Thread  ...

http://www.wnff.net/index.php?topic=26806.0

... which is actually Game 1.

Who's on first ...?     

[TylerDC]

Akra :O

[mitlen]

There is a Game 2 Thread  ...

http://www.wnff.net/index.php?topic=26806.0

... which is actually Game 1.

Who's on first ...?     

Exactly  ...   

[mmzznnxx]

Let's get this going. Need to get back to winning.

[thepointe01]

IT'S MORSE!!!  IT'S REALLY HIM!!!

[Terpfan76]

Let's win this one Nats!

[mmzznnxx]

Oh wow, the Jesus is back too? And Lombo leading off. It's like Christmas. We have no excuse for losing today.